A new mouse and...

There’s a NEW MOUSE in the house

Amazing isn’t it? After I just told you

that I'd fixed the old mouse. But it’s broke

again, and not being patient I bought a new one.

The old very dirty keyboard and dusted non working mouse

While I was at it, I bought a new keyboard.

Had the old one for years and years and years-

a hand-me-down from my technie son Dan.

It’s about time I got better equipment.

I spend most of my waking hours online

writing or creating poetry so I deserve

tools that support me and don’t sabotage 

my endeavors by not working properly.

Hooray for all things APPLE, now for the computer screen! 

Now I look at my old hand me down computer

screen that is bulky and big. I’m thinking that

might be the next thing for me to get replaced.

Stay tuned for more adventures with Lin.

Dusty MOUSE

Lately my computer mouse isn't cooperating.

I click in one location, but nothing happens. 

How frustrating, when I'm working quickly 

to have to stop and click...several times. 

 This isn't normal, my mind says. So now what? 

Quickly I think...Well maybe my mouse is full 

of dust accumulated over hours of clickly wildly?

 It's worth a try. So, off for the screw drivers I go. 

 Doubts set in...What if I wreck the mouse and 

it doesn't ever work again; how can I cope? 

Well, that type of thinking gets me nowhere. 

Being a dare devil, I quickly undo the screw. 

Now, the mouse is lying helpless before me. 

Unplugged from its source of power and open. 

Immediately I spy a small dust ball next 

to the wheel. This is an optical mouse! 

Well, whatever...I remove the dust ball, 

gently blow any other cobwebs away. 

I wonder if it's possible to do the same 

with my ever cluttered mind and hard drive?

Article #264 Attitude Adjustments

            Many of you may go to a chiropractor for an adjustment for back or joint pain. The relief you receive is well worth the time and money, but there is another adjustment that is free and just as needed to live more fully…an ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT. So how do you accomplish that? First of all, recognize that perhaps you need one. I hear too many retired individuals my age when asked, How are you? Responding, Oh-don’t ask. Or they spend all their time retelling the details of their latest operation or doctor experience. Maybe it’s time to focus on something else? Although, we all enjoy sympathy and pity parties.

            Instead of lamenting your health problems, what if you spend your time cheering others on in their efforts to live more happily? Encouraging comments like: I certainly admire your get up and go OR You are so talented in your quilting or golfing, etc. What you FOCUS on, determines your viewpoint or how you perceive life. Perhaps you need a paradigm shift: a change from one way of thinking to another. It's a revolution, a transformation, a sort of metamorphosis. It just does not happen, but rather it is driven by agents of change––YOU. (www.taketheleap.com)

            Try exploring in your journal or if you don’t keep one on a piece of paper your current attitude toward your life. Are you PESSIMISTIC or OPTIMISTIC? How does your outlook affect your life and those that you interact with? Are you ANGRY at where you find yourself in life or GRATEFUL for opportunities that come your way? Are you grieving for your lost youth and not taking advantage of these golden years when you are free from child rearing or career pressures to be able to DEVELOP TALENTS or take more interest in STRENGTHENING family relationships?

            There is a group unity that is untapped within your family and relationships with friends and community that can be realized with an ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT. When two or more people working together are able to accomplish more than the sum of each person working alone, it’s called SYNERGY. Sometimes it takes a tragedy like a death of a loved one or a serious illness in your life to discover that you need others to make your life more meaningful. Is there some adjustment to your attitude that could allow this process to happen in your life? NEXT TIME: Useful Pride.